What makes a private library baller?  How about 3,600 square feet filled with landmark and bejeweled books, an original Sputnik 1 satellite hanging from the ceiling, a chandelier from a James Bond film, and three levels packed with more rare artifacts than your local history museum? As Wire revealed in a recent piece, you’ll find all of this and more in internet entrepreneur Jay Walker’s unbelievable New England crib. The founder of technology think tank Walker Digital, Jay Walker set out to create a space dedicated to the human imagination.  The result is a functional fantasy land that serves as a shrine to creativity, and inspiration for anyone looking to build their own baller home library. For more images and the full story, check out Wired’s original article.

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Here’s a book that’s sure to make your library baller. Gruppo FMR is releasing 99 limited edition copies of their hand-crafted book, Michelangelo: La Dotta Mano, each priced at 100,000 euros or approximately $155,000. The 46.2-pound book sets contain a volume of photographs of Michelangelo’s sculptures, a carved marble cover, a sleek black case, individual stands, and a 500-year guarantee.

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If you’re curious about how America’s richest .0001% (sitting on $30 million-plus in liquid assets) spend their cash, or you’ve just come into your own fortune, check out The Official Filthy Rich Handbook, dropping in a few weeks and available for pre-order now now on Amazon.

According to Workman publishing, the 256-page book by Christopher Tennant covers an extensive list of tips for the Filthy Rich, including “how to hire a household staff. The right cosmetic surgery procedures for you…and your children. The proper way to name your houses. The sacred role of privet hedges. Why the Filthy Rich swim naked. The down-and-dirty on your fellow plutocrats (The Nerdling, The Raider, and the Grande Dame, to name a few). The moochers and scoundrels to know and avoid. How to buy a gigayacht. The right spots to party in Sardinia, Aspen, Nantucket, and St. Barts. The world’s hottest tax havens. The four interior decorators worth waiting for,” and “the Filthy Richest rehabs.”

The paperback version goes for $11.95 with the library-worthy hardcover version selling for $63.

Available through: Amazon

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Compiled by Roger Gastman, author of Freight Train Graffiti and co-founder (with Shepard Fairey) of Swindle magazine, Los Angeles Graffiti provides 128 pages of full-color imagery documenting the colorful history of the LA graff movement.

Featuring well-known street artists like Saber, Rime, Revok, Ewok, Retna, Persue, the book gives you plenty of interesting work to gaze at. And at just under $28, it shouldn’t break the bank.

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Boink: College Sex by the People Having It is a coffee table book that recently came out from the creators of BOINK sex mag. BOINK’s description of the book is so good that we lifted it straight off the press release: “BOINK is what happens when a group of undergrads from Boston University decide to publish a sex magazine. Now comes their explosive book, the definitive college guide to carnal knowledge. Openly exploring sexual themes that are relevant to all men and women, these 4-color, beautifully designed pages are filled with never-before-published true stories, prescriptive advice, graphic confessions, and no-holds-barred nude pictures of real university students (not the fake “college co-eds” all over the internet). With student contributors from named major universities, BOINK vividly details what goes on under the dorm room sheets across the country.” This is a great concept, and the book is a steal at just over $12 new on Amazon.

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